Activities

The purpose of the Junior High Math League, JHML, is to encourage students to participate in math contests, serve as a "farm club" for the high school math league, enable students to meet mathletes from other schools and to provide recognition for students excelling in mathematics. It also serves as preparation for the annual MATHCOUNTS competition.

JHML is a competitive math club that meets from late September to early January on Tuesdays for practice and five competitions on Mondays. 6th-8th grade students are welcome to join. See Kati Gjevre, 8th grade Math teacher, with questions. Please note that there are TWO fees for JHML: 1. $25 activity fee paid once per year and 2. an additional $25 competition fee that is required. Paying these fees can be done on EPay.

All grade levels are welcome to join. Each competition consists of two individual rounds and a team round. Curriculum covered is 6-8 grade. All interested students can compete as an individual and will be part of a scoring or practice team. Mathletes must attend practices to be eligible for the scoring team.

Please join us for the first practice on Tuesday, September 19 in room 121 after school.

Kati Gjevre
763-745-6271
Kati.Gjevre@wayzataschools.org

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East Scholars, have you heard? The Quiz Bowl season is starting in January 2024!

If you enjoy trivia this is the club for you! Quiz Bowl will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the month January and into February. We will meet in Mr. Miller's room 224 from 4:10 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. First meeting is Thursday, January 24, 2024. We will look at competition dates once the season begins.

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders are welcome. If interested please fill out the form below or come to Mr. Miller's room on the first day.  Payment can be made on EPay.

Can't wait to get this year's team started!

Mr. Miller
763-745-6361
Curtis.Miller@wayzataschools.org

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Do you want to make a difference in your school?

Do you want to help make decisions for your school community?

Do you want to support your community with a service project?

If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, please consider joining the student council! All students in grades 6-8 are welcome to participate. Please complete the application as soon as possible. The first meeting is September 21, 2023 in room 126 after school until 5:20 p.m.. You can learn more about the mission of the East Council here. 

*There is a $25 activity fee due to participate in this club. It can be paid on EPay.

Nicole Misuraco, Advisor

nicole.misuraco@wayzataschools.org

The Yearbook Staff is made up of 6th-8th grade students who share an interest in taking pictures, being creative, designing things on the computer and have an eye for details. 

In order to be considered for the yearbook staff, you need to complete the form linked below.  Applications are due by the end of the school day on Wednesday, September 13th. Ms. Marcouiller will read through all the applications and choose the staff by Thursday, September 14th.  You will then receive an email with further information.

Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 19th at 8 a.m. in room 123 (downstairs in the 8th grade Gold area).

Please contact Ms. Marcouiller with any questions at rachel.marcouiller@wayzataschools.org

Click the link below to fill out the application:

Yearbook Application

There is a $25 activity fee that can be paid on EPay.

We are offering a Spelling Bee, open to all students grades 6-8 who are interested in participating. More information about the Spelling Bee at spellingbee.com

The first round will be held in Advisory from 9:10-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19 in Mr. Pote's room 211. Please show up to one of these days if you are interested in participating in the Spelling Bee. You do no need to attend both days.

The top 10 from the first round will be invited to the official Spelling Bee, which will be held in late January, early February.

For more information please contact Mr. Pote if you have any questions.

There is no activity fee to participate.

The Minnesota Academy of Science (MAS) holds two separate regional science bowl competitions for Minnesota: one for middle school students (grades 6-8) and the other for high school students (grades 9-12).

During science bowls, students compete in teams, solving technical problems and answering questions in all branches of science and math. In-person science bowl competitions operate in a fast-paced, head-to-head Q & A format, similar to Jeopardy. Each team plays multiple games in a round-robin tournament, with the chance to advance to a double-elimination championship. 

At EMS, interested students will meet Tuesdays in Room 215 from 4:15-5:20 beginning Tuesday, November 7 and concluding Tuesday, February 6. A maximum of five students per team (We may be able to form two teams) will be able to attend the MN Regional Science Bowl on Saturday, February 10 (Twin Cities location TBD). In class we will have fun, trying sample questions, accessing study resources, and talking Science! Contact Emma Johnson (7th Grade Life Science teacher) with any questions!

Tuesday Science Bowl Schedule linked HERE

Emma Johnson
emma.johnson@wayzataschools.org
763-745-6270

What would you do if you were given $100,000? Would you spend it all at once? Would you think about putting some of it in the bank? We'd like to teach you how to invest it, so you might grow it. The Stock Market Game is simulated to give you a real world experience of investing. Through The Stock Market Game (SMG), you will gain a fundamental understanding of investing and how you might get your money to work for you.

In The Stock Market Game (SMG), you'll work with a team of students to create and manage a virtual investment portfolio  of real world stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Each team is responsible for researching and evaluating potential investments. You will learn to build and manage an investment portfolio in a real-world, dynamic marketplace, analyze and make decisions, explore the consequences of your choices, and seek new ways to strategize for success. As a team you'll have to come together on cooperative decisions on whether to buy, sell, or hold the stocks, funds, and bonds in the portfolio they have created.

In this club you'll learn how about:

• Companies and stocks

• Selecting investments

• Buy, sell, and hold stocks

• Researching and tracking your investments

Your team will also be ranked based on your "portfolio equity" against all other Minnesota SMG teams. More information on the Stock Market Game website.

Stock Market will only be offered for the Spring Season that runs from January through April and more information will be available at a later date.

Please contact Clarice Jorenby with questions - Clarice.Jorenby@wayzataschools.org

We hope to offer Chemistry Club again this year.  More information will be available at a later date.

If you enjoy science, chemistry club is a great club for you!  Chemistry club is a fun interactive club.  During meetings, we do a fun lab and then talk about why it works. 

MATHCOUNTS Competition is a national middle school coaching and competitive mathematics program that promotes mathematics achievement through a series of fun and engaging "bee" style contests. The program exists in all 50 states plus U.S. territories and the Department of Defense and State Department schools and is supported by the National Society of Professional Engineers at the state and local levels. Public, private, religious and home schools alike are eligible to participate, as long as students are in the sixth, seventh and/or eighth grade.

All students are eligible for a spot on the East Middle School team. Each school is allowed to bring one team of 4 students that will compete on the team and individual rounds as well as six additional individuals that will compete solely in the individual rounds. The chapter competition takes place in February on a Saturday. A qualifying test may be administered. The coach for this team is Kati Gjevre.

First and second place students and teams at the local level will compete at a state competition in March. The top four students at state will combine to create a Minnesota State team and will represent our state at the national competition in late April.

For more information about the national program visit www.mathcounts.org.

Please note that there is an additional $25 competition fee that is required. 

Math Masters is open to 6th graders that qualify for the competition. All math students in 6th grade are welcome to take part in the placement testing and can continue to practice regardless of a team assignment qualification. East Middle School will bring two teams (five students each) to this competition. Practices will be on Mondays or Tuesdays beginning in December 2023 and ends in early March.

The event includes an individual number facts/order of operations round, four individual problem-solving rounds and three group problem-solving rounds with team members cooperating over the solutions. The competition lasts approximately three to four hours, including short breaks.

Awards given at the competition include participation certificates for all members, individual place awards and team plaques.

Please note that there is an additional $25 competition fee that is required if your student qualifies for a competing team.

For more information contact Kati Gjevre 763-745-6271 or the Math Master website.